Selma Cracks Down On Junk Cars

By Marilyn Peguero, NBC17,
JOHNSTON COUNTY, N.C.

Adin Velasquez owned three junk cars that until recently sat near his Selma home. First, he bought a van.

"My transmission broke down and I had it sitting at home for a while because I didn't have the money, you know the economy is bad. I didn't have the money to fix it," he said.

It was less expensive to buy another used car, so he did. That one broke down too. So he bought yet another used car.

The town had not enforced rules about junk cars since 2001. But it hired code enforcement officer Ryan Simons about a month ago to help clean up the streets.

"It's a benefit to the people that live here and that work here and visit here," Simons said.

He doesn't know how many junk cars there are in the whole town. But he inspected one 12 block area and found 40.

"Obviously each 12 block area is not going to be the same. There's not going to be 40 in each area. There may be five or there may not be any," Simons said.

He plans to go through the town section by section.

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